Have you felt frustrated when using Windows operating system? You may have had to deal with random reboots to upgrades, failed upgrades, unsupported hardware, crashes, and general inflexibility and unreliability.
If that sounds like your experience with Windows, then I’d recommend you something better, more reliable, and free. Said something is Linux and it’s been my OS of choice since 1997. Now, back in the early days, Linux was a significant challenge to use and even more of a headache to install. put.
That was before, this is now. With a few minor exceptions (such as Gentoo and Arch), modern Linux has become incredibly easy to use and even install.
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I know, I know… you’re thinking, “I can’t install the OS!” Au contrast, mon ami. If you can install an app, you can install Linux.
Do not believe me? Let me show you using Ubuntu Desktop 22.04. I’ll cover with the beta release of this iteration, but the settings will be the same when the full release is made available.
A word of caution: Make sure you’re installing Ubuntu on a machine you can spare. Save any important data from that system to an external drive, because once you’ve installed Ubuntu, any previous operating systems and user accounts on the machine will be upgraded.
To make this work you will need ISO image download for the latest release of Ubuntu. Once the download is done, you will need to burn the ISO image to a USB flash drive using a tool like Unetbootin (can be installed on Linux, macOS or Windows). Burning an ISO image to a USB drive is more than just copying files to a portable device; instead, it creates a bootable drive from which you can install the operating system.
Once you’ve installed Unetbootin, insert the USB drive, open the app, then select Diskimage, click the three horizontal dots (Picture A), and locate the ISO image you downloaded.
Picture A
The Unetbootin tool makes it easy to create a bootable USB drive from an ISO image.
From the Drive drop-down menu, select the USB device (make sure you’ve selected the correct one) and click OK to burn the ISO to the drive.
Once Unetbootin is done, safely remove the USB device, insert it into the machine that will contain your new Ubuntu installation, and boot.
First screen (Figure BUT) allows you to try Ubuntu or install it.
Figure BUT
The first step of the installation makes it possible to test the operating system for the first time, run everything from RAM, and make no changes to your drive.
Click Install Ubuntu and then (in the window that appears – SIZE) select a keyboard layout and click Continue.
SIZE
The default keyboard layout is English QWERTY, but can easily be changed to the keyboard of your choice.
In the next screen (Visualization), click the Install third-party software check box for Wi-Fi graphics and hardware and additional media formats. This option will install some codecs so you can play multiple media files.
Visualization
You will want to check the Normal settings and add third-party software installations.
Click Continue and in the next window (Figure E), keep all defaults and click Install Now.
Figure E
Unless you know what you’re doing here, leave the default as Erase Disk and install Ubuntu.
You will then be prompted to proceed with the installation (Figure F).
Figure F
Once you click Continue, there’s no going back.
In the next window (WOOD Figure), select on the map or enter your location and click Continue.
WOOD Figure
Configure your location so Ubuntu knows what time zone to use.
Next, you have to create a user for the system (Family picture). Enter your full name, the name for the computer (can be anything you like, like ubuntulinux), username and password.
Family picture
Create a user account for your new installation.
Make sure to always check Require my password for login (otherwise your system will be less secure). Click Continue and the installation will begin. It will take up to five minutes to complete the process (depending on your network and system speed).
When the installation is complete, you will be prompted to restart your computer (Figure I).
Figure I
You are almost done!
Finally, you will be prompted (Figure J) to remove the installation media (USB drive) and press Enter on your keyboard.
Figure J
One last prompt and the installation is complete.
When the machine reboots, you will be greeted with the login screen (Figure KY). Enter the username and password you created during installation and enjoy Ubuntu Desktop Linux.
Figure KY
Ubuntu 22.04 login screen.
And that’s all it takes to install Ubuntu Desktop Linux. And you think this will be a challenge. Congratulations on taking your first step towards desktop freedom.
